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Every department, city and town in France on one zoomable map, with its main highways, rivers and lakes. Switch on towns and departments above the map and zoom in for every name; tap a department to see its population, area and largest towns.
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About France
France has 96 departments and about 66,165,815 people (2023) on 543,911 km² (210,005 sq mi). Paris is both the capital and the largest city, with 2,103,778 people. It borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra and Spain.
Nord is the most populous department (2,615,635 people) and Lozère the least (76,486); Gironde is the largest by area (9,975 km²) and Paris the smallest (105 km²).
Largest cities in France
The 25 most populous cities and towns. All 990 are on the map above: switch on Towns and zoom in to see them.
| # | City | Department | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris | Paris | 2,103,778 |
| 2 | Marseille | Bouches-du-Rhône | 886,040 |
| 3 | Lyon | Rhône | 519,127 |
| 4 | Toulouse | Haute-Garonne | 514,819 |
| 5 | Nice | Alpes-Maritimes | 357,737 |
| 6 | Nantes | Loire-Atlantique | 327,734 |
| 7 | Montpellier | Hérault | 310,240 |
| 8 | Strasbourg | Bas-Rhin | 293,771 |
| 9 | Bordeaux | Gironde | 267,991 |
| 10 | Lille | Nord | 238,246 |
| 11 | Rennes | Ille-et-Vilaine | 230,890 |
| 12 | Toulon | Var | 179,116 |
| 13 | Reims | Marne | 177,674 |
| 14 | Saint-Étienne | Loire | 173,136 |
| 15 | Le Havre | Seine-Maritime | 166,687 |
| 16 | Villeurbanne | Rhône | 163,684 |
| 17 | Dijon | Côte-d'Or | 161,830 |
| 18 | Angers | Maine-et-Loire | 159,022 |
| 19 | Grenoble | Isère | 156,140 |
| 20 | Nîmes | Gard | 151,839 |
| 21 | Aix-en-Provence | Bouches-du-Rhône | 149,695 |
| 22 | Saint-Denis | Seine-Saint-Denis | 149,077 |
| 23 | Clermont-Ferrand | Puy-de-Dôme | 146,351 |
| 24 | Le Mans | Sarthe | 146,249 |
| 25 | Brest | Finistère | 142,346 |
Populations are INSEE's populations légales 2023 (population municipale, in force on 1 January 2026) for metropolitan France: the 96 departments of the mainland and Corsica, without the overseas departments. Paris, Lyon and Marseille are whole communes, without their suburbs.
Departments of France
All 96 departments. Select one to show it on the map.
| Bourg-en-Bresse | 679,344 | 5,763 | |
| Laon | 523,342 | 7,362 | |
| Moulins | 333,298 | 7,340 | |
| Digne-les-Bains | 168,054 | 6,926 | |
| Nice | 1,128,418 | 4,299 | |
| Privas | 334,231 | 5,528 | |
| Charleville-Mézières | 265,893 | 5,229 | |
| Foix | 155,722 | 4,891 | |
| Troyes | 310,447 | 6,003 | |
| Carcassonne | 379,648 | 6,139 | |
| Rodez | 279,609 | 8,736 | |
| Strasbourg | 1,163,810 | 4,754 | |
| Marseille | 2,087,658 | 5,088 | |
| Caen | 709,441 | 5,534 | |
| Aurillac | 144,196 | 5,726 | |
| Angoulême | 352,683 | 5,956 | |
| La Rochelle | 672,279 | 6,864 | |
| Bourges | 298,660 | 7,235 | |
| Tulle | 240,826 | 5,857 | |
| Ajaccio | 168,306 | 4,014 | |
| Dijon | 540,100 | 8,763 | |
| Saint-Brieuc | 611,859 | 6,877 | |
| Guéret | 115,527 | 5,565 | |
| Niort | 375,229 | 5,999 | |
| Périgueux | 417,614 | 9,060 | |
| Besançon | 547,163 | 5,233 | |
| Valence | 524,207 | 6,530 | |
| Évry-Courcouronnes | 1,338,485 | 1,805 | |
| Évreux | 602,714 | 6,008 | |
| Chartres | 433,129 | 5,880 | |
| Quimper | 933,455 | 6,732 | |
| Nîmes | 770,940 | 5,853 | |
| Auch | 192,645 | 6,257 | |
| Bordeaux | 1,690,493 | 9,975 | |
| Colmar | 770,738 | 3,526 | |
| Bastia | 187,180 | 4,665 | |
| Toulouse | 1,471,468 | 6,310 | |
| Le Puy-en-Velay | 228,654 | 4,977 | |
| Chaumont | 168,331 | 6,210 | |
| Vesoul | 233,185 | 5,361 | |
| Annecy | 861,158 | 4,388 | |
| Limoges | 373,167 | 5,520 | |
| Gap | 143,467 | 5,549 | |
| Tarbes | 231,349 | 4,464 | |
| Nanterre | 1,654,712 | 176 | |
| Montpellier | 1,230,289 | 6,101 | |
| Rennes | 1,120,666 | 6,774 | |
| Châteauroux | 216,069 | 6,790 | |
| Tours | 619,362 | 6,127 | |
| Grenoble | 1,298,990 | 7,431 | |
| Lons-le-Saunier | 257,973 | 5,000 | |
| Mont-de-Marsan | 433,570 | 9,243 | |
| Blois | 328,543 | 6,344 | |
| Saint-Étienne | 774,133 | 4,781 | |
| Nantes | 1,487,570 | 6,874 | |
| Orléans | 691,268 | 6,775 | |
| Cahors | 176,473 | 5,216 | |
| Agen | 333,602 | 5,361 | |
| Mende | 76,486 | 5,167 | |
| Angers | 833,776 | 7,107 | |
| Saint-Lô | 497,522 | 5,952 | |
| Châlons-en-Champagne | 563,076 | 8,170 | |
| Laval | 305,468 | 5,175 | |
| Nancy | 732,236 | 5,245 | |
| Bar-le-Duc | 180,290 | 6,210 | |
| Vannes | 783,390 | 6,823 | |
| Metz | 1,051,309 | 6,216 | |
| Nevers | 201,417 | 6,816 | |
| Lille | 2,615,635 | 5,743 | |
| Beauvais | 829,899 | 5,860 | |
| Alençon | 275,201 | 6,104 | |
| Paris | 2,103,778 | 105 | |
| Arras | 1,457,905 | 6,671 | |
| Clermont-Ferrand | 664,453 | 7,970 | |
| Pau | 706,564 | 7,645 | |
| Perpignan | 496,855 | 4,116 | |
| Lyon | 1,914,667 | 3,249 | |
| Mâcon | 550,310 | 8,576 | |
| Le Mans | 566,733 | 6,206 | |
| Chambéry | 448,226 | 6,028 | |
| Melun | 1,468,108 | 5,915 | |
| Rouen | 1,260,964 | 6,277 | |
| Bobigny | 1,704,316 | 236 | |
| Amiens | 565,413 | 6,171 | |
| Albi | 397,352 | 5,758 | |
| Montauban | 265,817 | 3,718 | |
| Belfort | 140,255 | 610 | |
| Cergy | 1,281,653 | 1,246 | |
| Créteil | 1,426,929 | 245 | |
| Toulon | 1,119,307 | 5,973 | |
| Avignon | 572,056 | 3,567 | |
| La Roche-sur-Yon | 713,609 | 6,719 | |
| Poitiers | 438,897 | 6,991 | |
| Épinal | 357,248 | 5,872 | |
| Auxerre | 332,267 | 7,429 | |
| Versailles | 1,485,086 | 2,285 |
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Sources
- Departments, regions, préfectures and communes: IGN, ADMIN EXPRESS COG CARTO 4.0, edition of 1 January 2026 (data.geopf.fr); department areas are the communes' cadastral areas.
- Populations: INSEE, populations légales 2023 (in force on 1 January 2026), population municipale by region, department and commune (insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8680726).
- Motorways (autoroutes): IGN, ROUTE 500 3.0, edition of November 2021.